Sekirov Dictionary

quad

UK /kwɒd/US /kwɑd/

noun 26
verb 4
adjective 2
forms 3
phrases 1

noun26

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A small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle, usually used for recreation or farm work.
- Cad was a ferocious driver of a quad, much given to wheelies, jumps and stunts in general. — 2000
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(informal) The quadriceps muscle.
- Aesthetics aside, if you train your quads while neglecting your hamstrings, you're setting yourself up for an eventual injury. — 2010
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(informal) A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard).
- Every spring, the quad on the University of Washington (UW) campus transforms from a peaceful green space to a bustling habitat for hundreds of shuttering cameras, families, and onlookers. — 2014
A group of four insulated wires twisted together to form two circuits of two wires each.
A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.
(informal) A quadruplet, one of four babies born during the same birth.
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[before a noun] (slang) Of or relating to quads (four of a kind).
- Both players had four of a kind. A had quad fours; B had quad deuces. — 2001
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Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).
- The Pair, Triples, and Quads can be formed with both Honor and Suit Tiles. — 1991
Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc.
A poster advertising a cinematic film release, measuring forty by thirty inches, four times the area of crown paper.
A quadruple, a jump with four revolutions in the air.
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A serving of four shots of espresso; (attributive) containing four shots of espresso.
- A grande iced quad latte with milk is $6.65 + tax, whereas a quad over ice with milk added at the self-serve station is only $3.65 + tax — 2023
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(informal) A quadrilateral.
- System Rasterization Primitives • Polygons • Triangles, Trapezoids, Quads — 1989
(informal) A quadcopter.
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(informal) A quadriplegic person.
- The worse was the realization that this was my new reality. This too was Bill's debut as a husband of a quad and his first social gathering since June 22. — 2005
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A skate with four wheels.
- These are the quads I recommend for newbies. — 2018
A quad antenna, a directional radio antenna consisting of multiple loop antennas.
(informal) A quadrupel beer.
(informal) Quadruplex videotape.
A unit of energy equivalent to a quadrillion BTU (10¹⁵ BTU).
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(informal, old-fashioned) A horse, from colloquial or humorous quadruped specifically for horse.
- The quads is all right, barrin’ that the bay is blind o’ the left eye, and the chestnut a bit weak in the off fore. — 1934
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A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
- Horizontal spacing is further divided into multiples and fractions of the em. The multiples are called quads. The fractions are called spaces. — 1979
Clipping of quadrat.
(no longer used) A keyboard command which aligns text with the left or right margin, or centred between them. In combination, as quad left, quad right, or quad centre.
(slang, no longer used) A joke used to fill long days of setting type.

verb4

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To ride a quad bike.
- visibility was perfect and mud was plentiful for our quadding adventure. — 2006
To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.
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To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together.
- Can you "quad" the cable? — 1901

adjective2

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Quadruple, four times the usual size or quantity.
- Printing Plant Machinery, Type, Material, Fittings, Stock-in-Trade, Paper, &c., including QUAD-CROWN CYLINDER MACHINE, With Flyers, Riders, &c., by Miller & Richard. — 1896
Quadrille, marked with squares.

forms

quadded · quadding · quads

Phrases with quad

quad out
To space out a work using quads.

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